Description
This ready to print unit centers around “Ordeal By Cheque,” a story published in Vanity Fair in 1932. It is suitable as a beginning of the year or end of the year activity for middle or high school students. I have used this resource with 6th graders and 8th graders. It is fully aligned to Common Core Standards, and focuses on making inferences based on textual evidence, discerning important events in a text and writing a narrative about one of the characters. The unit includes 3 tasks that will take 8 days to complete, if classes are an hour long.
Teachers could teach this unit as an introductory unit in a middle or high school class in order to help build skills in making inferences. It could also be a great culminating end-of-year activity, or function as a stand-alone unit, at any point in the year. The unit is structured so that the majority of the work and analysis can be done independently, even at the middle school level.
This unit DOES NOT include the text of “Ordeal by Cheque.” The full text is available in multiple places online. Simply search for “Ordeal by Cheque. If you do not wish to purchase the entire unit, individual lessons are available.
Teachers could teach this unit as an introductory unit in a middle or high school class in order to help build skills in making inferences. It could also be a great culminating end-of-year activity, or function as a stand-alone unit, at any point in the year. The unit is structured so that the majority of the work and analysis can be done independently, even at the middle school level.
This unit DOES NOT include the text of “Ordeal by Cheque.” The full text is available in multiple places online. Simply search for “Ordeal by Cheque. If you do not wish to purchase the entire unit, individual lessons are available.
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Ordeal by Cheque Short Story Unit Making Inferences Narrative Writing
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Grades
6th - 11th
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Standards
CCSSCCRA.R.1
CCSSCCRA.R.2
CCSSCCRA.R.3
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14
Answer Key
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Description
This ready to print unit centers around “Ordeal By Cheque,” a story published in Vanity Fair in 1932. It is suitable as a beginning of the year or end of the year activity for middle or high school students. I have used this resource with 6th graders and 8th graders. It is fully aligned to Common Core Standards, and focuses on making inferences based on textual evidence, discerning important events in a text and writing a narrative about one of the characters. The unit includes 3 tasks that will take 8 days to complete, if classes are an hour long.
Teachers could teach this unit as an introductory unit in a middle or high school class in order to help build skills in making inferences. It could also be a great culminating end-of-year activity, or function as a stand-alone unit, at any point in the year. The unit is structured so that the majority of the work and analysis can be done independently, even at the middle school level.
This unit DOES NOT include the text of “Ordeal by Cheque.” The full text is available in multiple places online. Simply search for “Ordeal by Cheque. If you do not wish to purchase the entire unit, individual lessons are available.
Teachers could teach this unit as an introductory unit in a middle or high school class in order to help build skills in making inferences. It could also be a great culminating end-of-year activity, or function as a stand-alone unit, at any point in the year. The unit is structured so that the majority of the work and analysis can be done independently, even at the middle school level.
This unit DOES NOT include the text of “Ordeal by Cheque.” The full text is available in multiple places online. Simply search for “Ordeal by Cheque. If you do not wish to purchase the entire unit, individual lessons are available.
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Excellent
Great resource! Just what I needed!
While my students really struggled with this at first, we stretched it out and took it a little slower. Once they got the hang of piecing the clues together and coming up with ideas as to what was happening, they did great! Were they always on the mark? No--but they loved finding out what they missed. This was truly great!
During this week back from vacation, we've been full-time remote and this unit has worked really well with all four of my classes, juniors & seniors. I've read this story with classes before, but more as a novelty to fill an odd day before vacation or a sub day. This time students have worked together in Zoom breakout rooms and come up with some very creative ideas for this very unconventional *story*. The tasks were specific enough to give them clear guidance without being too restrictive--a fine balance between overwhelming them and too narrowly restricting them. I'll definitely keep this in the regular rotation. Thanks!
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Excellent
I use with 9th graders, and it works great for this age, too!
My class loved trying to figure the mysteries. Great inference tool.
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Standards
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CCSSCCRA.R.1
Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
CCSSCCRA.R.2
Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
CCSSCCRA.R.3
Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.
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